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Northwest Flight Attendants
May Strike, Hardening Standoff

By

Susan Carey

Updated Aug. 18, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

A federal bankruptcy judge's ruling that Northwest Airlines flight attendants are entitled to strike raises the stakes in a standoff that could push the nation's fourth-largest airline by traffic to the brink of liquidation.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper denied Northwest's plea for an injunction that would have blocked the 9,000 unionized cabin-crew members from striking. The ruling turns up the pressure on Northwest to offer...